League of Nations Covenant Adopted by Peace Conference
The plenary session approved the revised covenant without changes after amendments on racial equality and international army were withdrawn. Wilson moved adoption. Belgium Brazil Greece Spain joined the League Council with Italy also listed among members. Japan urged race equality amid lingering disputes as delegates pressed for first meeting plans.
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Postmaster Burleson urges restoring private control of communications
Washington reports Postmaster General Burleson recommends Wilson restore private ownership of cable telegraph and elephony fines. New York notes Victory Notes oversubscribed but full allotment assured. Palmer pledges wartime prohibition enforcement after July 1 and foodstuffs ban after May 1.
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Ex Kaiser to Be Tried by Five Great Powers
Washington reports the Kaiser Wilhelm II, ex-German ruler, will be indicted by the Paris peace conference for offenses against international morality. A five-judge tribunal from the United States, Britain, France, Italy, and Japan will hear the case, with Germany to provide papers and evidence. The Dutch government will surrender the accused, who may choose counsel, and a verdict will be binding under the peace treaty.
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Russia
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British Leave Fiume as Italian Delegates Quit Talks
A British battalion guarding Fiume with Italian forces departed after Italian delegates to the peace conference left Paris. Advices from Agram and Shivanles say the move aimed to avoid friction with Italian troops.
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Unrest Arouses Egypt as Officials Strike Ends
Cairo reports government officials resume work after a lengthy strike. The American recognition of Britain's protectorate is seen as dampening extremist hopes for full independence, with factions recognizing America’s stance on Egypt’s status.
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Egypt
Fiume Rift tests League as Italy Withdraws from Paris Talks
Edward W. Pickard reports Wilson challenges Italy over Fiume scuttling the Dalmatian port plan as Orlando resigns from Paris talks. Lloyd George and Clemenceau pursue accord while Italy vows to keep Fiume by force if needed, heightening tensions at the peace conference.
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Italy's Potential Permanent Withdrawal from the Conference
Speculation centered on a permanent Italian exit, with beliefs that treaty talks with Germany would not be delayed and hints that Italy might seek a separate peace with Germany. Loss of charter member status in the League of Nations was anticipated and would follow.
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League of Nations
Crisis and Bolshevik Moves Across Europe
A broad report describes tension in Budapest and Munich with communist influence, uprisings, and worker unrest. It notes attempted Vienna seizures by Hungarian agitators, evolving allied plans, Lenine’s Swiss revolu tion instructions, and Branting warning of Soviet governance costs. It also covers the Victory loan campaign, Carranza's Monroe doctrine stance, and Mexico’s diplomatic posture toward France.
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Bremen
Vienna
Boy Scouts Grow in Mysore India Amid Challenges
A Mysore India report to the national Boy Scouts of America notes 40 troops and over 900 members. Training programs and a model troop aid demonstration while Bengal and Travancore push scouting efforts. Despite 30 million boys of scout age, language, religion, and caste hurdles complicate progress.
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Calcutta
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America
Scouts Save Drowning Boy at City Park Lake
Denver youths Robert Pleus 16 and Leroy Hoyt 17 rescued Ernest A. Collins Jr. 10 from City Park Lake after he fell through thin ice. They improvised a rope from coats and cut shoe strings, pulling him to safety and covering him with a blanket.
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Boy Scouts to Aid Topeka Health Service
Topeka scouts will join the city health department as junior health officers in cooperation with the health service. They will sign a pledge to distribute notices, gather information, report health conditions, and assist the department while not interfering with school work or health.
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Topeka Health Department
Manchuria Scout Detachment Sends Greetings From Nar Bin
The second detachment of the Boy Scouts of Manchuria at Nar Bin sends a letter to national headquarters in Russia praising the birthday of a great teacher of truth and peace. It urges justice and happiness for the world and calls for tears to end in their homeland. Signed by Commander of Detachment Kossiakoff.
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Manchuria
Narbin
Russia
Kossiakoff
Scouts Plan Walnut Planting Campaign
Executive James E B West announces that Boy Scouts will assist the government this spring by planting black walnut trees. The idea comes to national headquarters from New York state conservation commissioner George D. Pratt and from Dr William T Hornaday of the New York Zoological Society.
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James EB. West
Boy Scouts
George D. Pratt
New York State Conservation
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New York Zoological Society
Boy Scout Efforts Aid Red Cross and Hospitals
Freeland Pennsylvania scouts report multiple good turns. They assisted doctors and nurses during the Spanish influenza epidemic, donated ten baskets of provisions to widows and orphans, and helped harvest 11 bushels of berries for the ILO orphanage in Sunbury.
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